Timothy J. Wengert

Philip Melanchthon, Speaker of the Reformation

Wittenberg's Other Reformer

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Produktbeschreibung

The studies in this volume illuminate the thought and life of Philip Melanchthon, one of the most neglected major figures in Reformation history and theology. These essays, written over the past twenty years, commemorate the 450th anniversary of Melanchthon's death in 2010. The articles provide a wide-ranging picture of Melanchthon's thought and life with topics including his view of free will, approaches to biblical interpretation, his perspective on the church fathers and world history, and comparisons to other important figures of the age, including Calvin, Luther and Erasmus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 324
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 622g
• ISBN-13: 9781409406624
• ISBN-10: 1409406628
• Artikelnr.: 60390140

Autorenporträt

Dr Timothy J. Wengert is the Ministerium of Pennsylvania Professor at the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia, USA.

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction; Part 1 Philip Melanchthon's Theology; Beyond
stereotypes: the real Philip Melanchthon; Philip Melanchthon's 1522
annotations on Romans and the Lutheran origins of rhetorical criticism;
'Qui vigilantissimis oculis veterum omnium commentarios excusserit': Philip
Melanchthon's patristic exegesis; Philip Melanchthon and Augustine of
Hippo; Philip Melanchthon on time and history in the Reformation; Philip
Melanchthon's contribution to Luther's debate with Erasmus over the bondage
of the will; The day Philip Melanchthon got mad; Luther and Melanchthon on
consecrated communion wine (Eisleben 1542-43); Philip Melanchthon and a
Christian Politics. Part 2 Philip Melanchthon and His Contemporaries:
Melanchthon and Luther / Luther and Melanchthon; 'We will feast together in
Heaven forever': the epistolary friendship of John Calvin and Philip
Melanchthon; Famous last words: the final epistolary exchange between
Erasmus of Rotterdam and Philip Melanchthon in 1536; 'Not by nature
Philoneikos': Philip Melanchthon's initial reactions to the Augsburg
interim; Index.